Decennial Cause of Death by Age for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1881 to 31 Dec 1890	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	16	2	2	3	1
Measles	179	302	145	77	48
Scarlet Fever	51	138	145	125	89
Diphtheria	3	8	11	8	6
Whooping-cough	323	246	105	56	25
Typhus	0	0	1	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	11	9	6	7
Simple Continued Fever	0	5	2	1	1
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	819	295	61	24	5
Cholera	2	1	0	0	0
Cancer	1	1	2	0	0
Tabes Mesenterica	275	159	53	16	11
Phthisis	13	11	3	4	5
Other Tuberculosis	79	60	44	24	10
Diseases of Nervous System	1,295	221	86	48	42
Diseases of Circulatory System	0	0	3	4	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,695	889	339	179	131
Diseases of Digestive System	463	206	29	12	17
Diseases of Urinary System	8	34	15	9	12
Diseases of Generative System	3	5	4	0	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	50	32	49	32	47
Other Causes	3,952	331	105	32	20

Data for 01 Jan 1891 to 31 Dec 1900	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1880s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	1	1	0	0	1
Measles	220	489	184	101	70
Scarlet Fever	28	86	90	46	29
Diphtheria	11	34	19	25	27
Whooping-cough	345	193	76	33	25
Typhus	0	0	0	0	0
Enteric Fever	2	7	4	15	16
Simple Continued Fever	1	0	0	0	2
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	1,034	319	52	15	10
Cholera	5	2	0	1	0
Cancer	0	0	1	2	2
Tabes Mesenterica	271	166	42	12	2
Phthisis	20	14	9	10	8
Other Tuberculosis	117	87	37	12	17
Diseases of Nervous System	1,236	165	77	41	29
Diseases of Circulatory System	11	2	1	0	7
Diseases of Respiratory System	1,699	812	280	163	74
Diseases of Digestive System	724	244	31	21	22
Diseases of Urinary System	13	42	12	5	4
Diseases of Generative System	3	0	3	2	0
Puerperal Fever	0	0	0	0	0
Childbirth	0	0	0	0	0
Violence	94	33	47	44	34
Other Causes	4,024	260	55	25	21

Date:	Source:
1881 - 1900	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1881 - 1900	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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